Sweet And Sour Cranberry Chicken Recipes

CRANBERRY CHICKEN I

Steps:

• Place the chicken breasts in a glass or non-reactive baking dish.
• Stir the onion soup mix, cranberry sauce, and French dressing together in a bowl until well blended. Pour over the chicken breasts. Cover the baking dish with plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 8 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Remove plastic wrap from the baking dish, and cover loosely with aluminum foil.
• Bake chicken in preheated oven until top is bubbly and slightly browned, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

SWEET-AND-SOUR CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a shallow dish, combine the flour, garlic powder, salt and pepper; coat chicken. In a skillet, saute chicken in 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat for 8-10 minutes or until tender. Remove and set aside. , Saute the celery, green peppers and onion in remaining oil for 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Return chicken pan. Combine the ketchup, lemon juice, pineapple and brown sugar; add to skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until heated through. Serve over rice.

CRANBERRY SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place chicken in a large mixing bowl.
• Drain the pineapple; reserve the juice (you should have about 1/3 cup juice).
• Add pineapple, bell pepper strips, and rice to the chicken; stir to combine.
• In a saucepan, combine the cornstarch and brown sugar; add in reserved pineapple juice, the cranberry sauce, orange juice concentrate, vinegar, sherry, soy sauce, and ginger.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.
• Add sauce to chicken mixture; stir to coat.
• Transfer mixture to an ungreased 2-quart casserole dish.
• Bake, covered, at 350° for 30 minutes.
• Sprinkle with almonds; bake, uncovered, 5 minutes.

SWEET AND SOUR CRANBERRY CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a 13" x 9" baking dish, place chicken pieces.
• In a small bowl, mix together Catalina salad dressing, whole-berry cranberry sauce, onion soup mix and brown sugar until smooth. Pour evenly over chicken pieces.
• Cover and bake at 350 for about 30-40 minutes.
• Serve over hot cooked rice.

CRANBERRY SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix brown sugar and cornstarch together in a medium sauce pan.
• Stir in cranberry sauce, pineapple juice, vinegar, and soy sauce.
• Cook over medium heat until thickened, stirring often.
• Bring to a boil and boil for one minute, stirring constantly.
• Serve over meatballs, chicken, roast pork, stir fried meats or vegetables.
• Makes about 8 cups.

SWEET & SOUR CRANBERRY MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients for the meatballs and set aside.
• In a large pot or dutch oven, bring ingredients for sauce #1 to a slow boil.
• With wet hands, form a golf ball size meatball and drop into simmering sauce. Once all your meatballs are in the pot, DO NOT STIR. In fact, step away from the pot for at least 10-15 minutes. This is the trick to ensure that your meatballs don't transform into a MEAT sauce.
• Give the pot a good shake once you see the meatballs look lightly cooked. Cover and simmer for one hour.
• For the second hour, add sauce #2 ingredients into the pot. Continue simmering for another 60 minutes covered. Can be made ahead and frozen or served hot.

CRANBERRY SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine pineapple liquid and cornstarch.
• Stir in sauces and set aside.
• Heat oil in a large fry pan over high heat.
• Add chicken, salt, and pepper.
• Stir-fry until no longer pink.
• Add peppers and pineapple tidbits.
• stir fry 2 minutes longer.
• Stir the cornstarch mixture and add to chicken.
• Cook and stir constantly, over med heat until thickened.
• Server over rice or chow mien noodles.